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[Survey] Most students prefer Macs over PCs

3 months

You may have seen a lot of students carrying a Mac for their daily computing needs and what seems unbelievable is that many of them actually prefer Mac over Windows PCs. These are not my words. A recent survey conducted by Apple d...

Minecraft: Education Edition Code Builder Update now available for download

by Pradeep

9 months

Minecraft: Education Edition Code Builder update is now available for download on Windows 10, macOS and iPad. This update will make it easier than ever to learn and teach coding in Minecraft. Users can code using Microsoft MakeCod...

Microsoft brings Minecraft: Education Edition to Apple iPad

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft today announced that it is bringing Minecraft: Education Edition to iPad. With this new app, students can build historic monuments, swim through coral reefs, bring creative stories to life and more. Schools which has Mi...

Microsoft partners with Rajasthan government to enhance digital literacy among students

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft India today announced a new partnership with the Department of College Education, Govt. of Rajasthan in India to improve the integration of technology in education and skilling of students and educators in government col...

New Office add-in places features that could be useful to students into a single Ribbon tab

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft Garage’s latest project Student Tools is an Office add-in that places existing features in Office that could be useful to students into a single Ribbon tab. For example, Microsoft Word has around 8 Ribbon tabs and ...

Microsoft Store announces new YouthSpark Summer Camps for students in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft Store today announced new YouthSpark Summer Camps for students for students ages 8 and up in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico where they can learn coding, robotics, moviemaking and philanthropic skills. Microsoft Store c...

Microsoft now offering $100 free Azure credit to students, no credit card needed for signing up

by Pradeep

1 year

Microsoft today announced that they will be offering free $100 Azure credits to students to encourage them to build cloud apps. Unlike the existing free Azure Credits offer which is available for all developers, this student offer...

Microsoft Garage’s Write Ideas app helps students bring their ideas to the page

by Pradeep

2 years

Microsoft Garage today released a new app called Write Ideas for students. It is a pre-writing tool for their book reports, short stories, essays, and more. It provides the structure and space for students to speak, type, and draw...

Deal: Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 11E convertible now available for just $279

by Pradeep

2 years

Lenovo’s education focused Thinkpad Yoga 11E-G3 Convertible is now available for just $279.99 (was $479.00) from Amazon US. It comes with rugged construction to withstand mishandling by young students. The rubber bumper arou...

Microsoft Research announces Dissertation Grant Program to support under-represented groups in computing

by Pradeep

2 years

Microsoft Research this week announced a new academic program called Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant. This program will offer up to $20,000 for selected doctoral students for doing computing research at U.S. and Canadian uni...

Students learn to develop games using Microsoft HoloLens

by Surur

3 years

Students from Fresno and Clovis attending the Center for Advanced Research and Technology are now able to learn to develop games on Microsoft’s HoloLens. The young 17-18 year old developers in the Interactive Game Design c...

Microsoft now inviting schools to join the new Microsoft Schools Program

by Pradeep

3 years

Microsoft is now inviting schools to join the Microsoft Schools program. If you are in a school starting to consider how to transform your education methods and integrate technology, join the Microsoft Schools program. Microsoft S...